Toilet-compartment.



H. T. CRONK TOILET COMPARTMENT.

APPLICATION FILED mi. 10. 1913.

Patented May 7,1918.

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INVENTOR: Harrison 'lhylar Crank.

ATTORNEY.

H. T. CRONK.

TOILET COMPARTMENT.

APPLICATTON FILED IAN-10.1913.

Patented May 7,1918.

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HARRISON TAYLOR CRONK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A-SSIGNOR TO CRONK-SALTER COM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOILET-COMPARTMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1918.

Application filed January 10, 1913. Serial No. 741,301.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that HARRISON TAYLOR ORoNK, of the city, county, and State of New York, and being-a citizen of the United States, has invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toilet-Compartments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescript-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the preserve as far as possible the structural elements in a conventional form of passenger car, and at the same time dispose a removable refuse toilet tank therein so asnot to clisfigure the normal appearance of the car, and to prevent freezing of the contents of the tank. Y

My invention has for another object the economical arrangement of hopper and tank,

so that a tank of maximum height may be,

disposed within the outlines of'the car, taking into consideration the limitations due to the regulation height of the hopper above the floor of the toilet compartment.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a unitary receptacle so disposed relative to vertically spaced floors that it may be used as the usual seating hopper or a urinal conveniently located. for the user while the car is rocking.

It is a further object of my invention to utilize the braced end framing of the underframe, and particularly the tension portion of the center and side sills, to carry the heavy refuse tank, and

A still further object is to provide an arrangement whereby'the tank can be placed into fixed position relative to the hopper by inserting the same through a suitable opening in the carside,

Z hese'aad f rthee i wea h r with the construction and combination of parts, will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,.in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the end portion of a railroad car, showin the external appearance of the same w 'en constructed to contain my invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a portion of the side sheeting broken away from a wood and steel car to show the tank and hopper in position in the. toilet compartment, and showingthe tank and portions of the car in section on the line 22 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view, taken on a plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking down on the hopper and tank, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on a plane indicated by the line H of Fig. 3.

Described more in detail I have. shown a conventional form of passenger car, including a body portion A and trucks B. The carbody includes the conventional elements going to make up the usual steel underframe. and in the drawings there is shown a side sill 0, end sill D, corner post Eand car side girder plate F, the side sill C and girder plate F united by the vertical and diagonal struts G, co-acting to form the car side framing, which framing carries the wooden or steel side sheeting H and inner lining I.

A portion of the interior of the car is divided oft by partitions J to form a conventional toilet compartment K. Having their ends resting on the side sills and also supported by the center sill (not shownl are the sleepers L, carrying the usual floor M.

lVithin this compartment is disposed the removable refuse tank N and hopper P, connected by means of a trap Q and including a venting outlet R.

Asthis tank is positioned above the trucks, it is necessary to insert the same through an opening T in the car side, and so as not to interfere with the side sills, the opening must be above the same and prefer ably between side sills Q and side girder compartment K, and have their lower ends F. One or two of the struts G can be omitted at this place without materially affecting the side framing, and in order to utilize the space occupied by the sleepers, the flooringbetween an end sleeper and therear partition S of the compartment may be dropped so that one side rests directly on the side sill or on the frost-proof covering on the sill and the other rests on the center sills or members in turn supported thereby. This dropped floor forms a recess or pocket in which fits the tank N so as tobring the inlet of the same into juxtapositionto the outlet ofthe hopper.

The hopper P differs from the conventional form of hoppers in that it is of a minimum height, practically, without a supporting stand. The hopper is only ofa height sufficient to perform its functions'so as to allow more space for the tank. The hopper is supported in such a way as to bring the tank close up under the same, and,'as shown, a pair of angled and spaced apart brackets 5 are suitably affixed by means of bolts 6 to the rear wall of: the

formed into feet 7, fastened to the floor M. These feet are braced apart. by the step 8, hereinafter more. fully described, by means of the integral 'outturned flanges 9 fastened to opposite transverse sides of the step 8. These brackets are so angled that they fit as closely to the tank as possible without interfering with the insertion or withdrawal in fixed position on these brackets, is the of the same. Suitably mounted, preferably hopper P, the outletv ofwhich is arranged in'alinement with the inlet '10 of the tank, when the latter is in its fitted position in the recessed floor.

The position of the inlet to this hopper relative to the floor forms one of the features of this invention. It is understood that the conventional seating height of a hopper is about 17 inches from the floor, and on trains the same receptacle is used both as a hopper and as a urinal. When used as a urinal it is too low, and this disadvantage is exag gerated when the device is on a rocking platform, such as a car in motion. In order to raise the hopper to urinal height and at the same time provide more room for the tank, the top, of the hopper is placed about 27 fromthe floor M, v

In order to permit its use as a hopper, the step or supplemental floor 8, is placed directly in frontof the hopper, and is of such height as to bring the top of the hop per, the conventional seating height of 17 inches from the top thereof, and while providing a support for the feet of the person sitting on the hopper is not too wide to prevent the user straddling the, same when using. the hoppe as a ur l i I he car side may The opening T through be closed by means of the sliding door U to meet the requirements of the Master Car Builders Association, but, preferably, the outer end of the tank itself may constitute the closure, and especially in. the case of all steel cars theend of the tank may readily be const'ructedto simulate a part of the side sheeting, and in this case the tank may be held in place by some suitable locking means V. I

In this application the term car side is being used synonymous'with car end, and the end sills are the equivalent of the side Sills. c What I claim is:

1. The combination with an underframe for-"passenger cars, a floor spaced-above said underframe, a refuse/tank resting directly onsaid underframe' and having aside there ofabuttingsaid floor.

2. The combination with a toilet compartment having a tank receiving open top recess therein, a toilet hopper fixedly "positioned in said compartment above saidre- 7 cess, and a tank fitting'said recess and re: movable therefrom, said tank having an. inlet adapted when the tank is in said' recess to be in juxtaposition to the outlet of said hopper. I

3. In a car toilet compartment, supporting sills, sleeper carried by said sills, an upper toilet compartment floor supported from sai'd'sleeper, a second tank supporting I ed to extend from said floor above said space, Y

a hopper supported from said bracket, and a step carried by the floor in front of said hopper and affixed to said bracket.

6 In a car, the combination with a car side having'anopening therein, of a hopper within the car, a hopper-supporting open frame, a tank insertible through said opening into said frame, said frame fixed in position offset-from the space occupied by. the tank and means providing a communication between said hopper and tank. i

7. In a car, the combination with a car side havingan openingtherein anda tank supporting floor within the ear and adjacent the o tom o a pen n me nsio tlining a pe t on f nkpa e ov thefi pr, said space being oppositesaid opening,- said means includi g a hQPPQPSDPPQl' lQgiIEtm incompletely inclosing said space" whereby ready access may be obtained to the parts adjacent the tank space.

8. The combination with an open frame including spaced apart bracket and a hopper 5 supported by said brackets, of a removable tank insertible within said frame and means providing a fluid connection between said tank and hopper.

Copies of this patent may In witness whereof I have hereunto set Witnesses:

HOWARD P. KING, W. S. ORTON.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

